Urgent ! Please read.

[liltuffy]

Personalised message sent, hope we get some traction.

Craig

[Tinlegs]

Message as follows;

No to the Commonwealth Marine Reserves, yes to sustainable catch and release recreational fisheries.
No to PEW, and think for yourself and Australians Mr Burke.

[Dicktracey]

thx phil letter sent

[barra71]

Kevin Rudd has joined the fight to stop a giant Dutch super-trawler fishing in Australian waters.
The former prime minister is backing Labor backbencher Melissa Parke's private member's bill that could send the controversial super-trawler the FV Margiris packing.
Current environmental laws do not go far enough to allow the federal environment minister to stop the vessel from fishing Australian waters.
Seafish Tasmania intends to use the trawler to fish for up 18,000 tonnes of red bait and mackerel, but opponents are concerned about the risks to dolphins and other marine life.
Mr Rudd said he would support Ms Parke's bill.
"The planned use of Brisbane as a home port would mean we are just leasing the good name of Brisbane for bad purposes," he said, in a statement.
"There is a difference between commercial scale fishing and the industrial scale fishing that this vessel appears to be engaged in."
He said the vessel "which trawls a net 100 metres high and 200 metres wide and 600 metres long is going to lead to the accidental slaughter of seals and dolphins."
Mr Rudd said his position was consistent with the Labor Caucus' consideration of the matter when it last met.
The bill might come before the lower house within the next fortnight.

[krusey]

Letter sent and I also added the other issues on about the off-roading destinations in the cape that the government are threatening closing off to the public

Krusey

[Mark Robinson MP]

Good work Phill.
There is also an epetition in the Qld parliament that Tim Whittle has put up that opposes new federal zones and some past restrictions in state waters for rec fishers

[Gazza.Boyne]

Letter sent. Hope this gets some traction.

[Camhawk88]

Add another one to the list

[Jackinthebox]

Don't forget to add your own message guys..... mine attached below.


"Dear Minister Burke,

I find the hypocrisy of your government to be disturbing.

In one instance you lock responsible recreational fishermen out of one of our most fish rich regions that, according to world fisheries data, is amongst the most lightly fished regions in the world.

Then, you allow one of the largest, most destructive forms of fishing in the form of the Super trawler to plunder our waters and scoop up great gobs of important biomass (baitfish) critical to the entire marine food chain and sell it overseas for peanuts as cheap food for the masses. To add insult to injury, this vessel will be fishing Queensland waters - the same state where recreational fishermen who like to take a small amount of fish for consumption and have minimal effect on the fishery have been locked out of their sovereign territory!

When will you stop pandering to commercial fishing interests and start realising that recreational fishermen inject many times more dollars and jobs into our economy for a fraction of the destruction caused by commercial fishing practices.

What about responsible catch and release charter operators such as Nomad charters who are have a miniscule effect on the fishery and will be prevented from visiting these regions in the future, all because a gullible government listened to a conniving American environmental group (Pew) who admitted that they would not do the same to their Gulf of Mexico because it would decimate their fishing industry and cause huge economic damage.

When will you stand up for the people of Australia that really use the resource you are purported to be managing. Lockouts are not the answer and they are a lazy, green vote grabbing substitute for real fisheries management and enforcement."

[frankgrimes]

Done.

Mick

[harrydog74]

Message sent

Thanks Phill

[PinHead]

sent email to pollies..also sent email of protesr to the mob concerned: http://seafishpelagic.com.au/

[robersl]

done thanks

[aidbox]

done here too

[xrnath]

THANK YOU FOR ADDING YOUR VOICE TO OUR CAMPAIGN!

Thank you for the link, Phil. Submission Sent.